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Leadership Team

Dr. David J. Price

Founding Dean and Special Advisor to the Provost & VP Academic

In July 2024, Dr. Price was appointed by SFU's Board of Governors as the University's founding dean of Medicine. Dr. Price is a practicing family physician and professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University, where he served as department chair for 15 years until 2021. He is a nationally recognized leader in family medicine and primary care, with extensive consulting experience across Canada and internationally. During his time as chair, he oversaw a significant expansion of the department, in part by establishing new family medicine residency locations in several communities. His research interests include interprofessional primary care practice policies. Dr. Price has a visiting faculty appointment in the department of Biomedical Physiology & Kinesiology in the Faculty of Science.

Dr. Maria Hubinette

Acting Associate Dean Academic and Special Advisor to the Provost & VP Academic

As acting associate dean, academic and special advisor to the Provost and Vice-President Academic, Dr. Maria Hubinette provides leadership for the development and implementation of undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education programs and accreditation. As a practicing family physician, her clinical work focuses on youth and women, particularly outreach to youth with barriers to accessing care, community-based mental health support and specialized care for sexual and gender-based violence survivors. Dr. Hubinette received her MD from UBC, completed her rural family practice residency program there, and took her Master of Medical Education from the University of Dundee, Scotland. She is a clinical professor in the department of family practice at UBC and has a visiting faculty appointment in the Faculty of Health Sciences.

Kris Magnusson

Senior Advisor to the Provost & VP Academic

Kris Magnusson, PhD is senior strategic advisor to the provost and vice-president academic and is presently the acting associate vice-president academic, teaching and learning. Kris has led several pivotal academic initiatives for the university, including the development and implementation of the School of Medicine's business case, and has been instrumental in guiding the School through the Senate and Board of Governors approval process. As a professor in the Faculty of Education, where he completed two terms as dean, Kris' scholarly work focuses on counselling psychology and career development. Prior to his tenure at SFU, he was a junior high school teacher, a college counsellor and as faculty member in counselling psychology at the University of Calgary and the University of Lethbridge.

Christine Burnell

Executive Director, Operations

Prior to joining the School of Medicine, Christine spent six years as the director, operations and administration with the Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. Before moving to Saskatchewan, Christine spent her lengthy career in post-secondary education in Ontario at the University of Toronto, York University and Ontario Tech University starting in student advising and growing into leadership and senior leadership roles. Christine is currently completing her MBA and has extensive experience in leading the strategic planning, finance, human resources, information technology, communications, project management and administration functions within large complex organizations.

Amanda Woodhall

Interim Executive Director, Operations

Amanda Woodhall is presently senior director at SFU's Faculty of Applied Sciences and will continue to serve as the School of Medicine's interim executive director, operations until December 2024. With over 25 years of dedicated service and leadership in post-secondary education, she has driven key initiatives and academic program start-ups that align with both faculty and institutional objectives, most recently in the design and development of the School of Sustainable Energy Engineering and the Surrey Campus Engineering Building.

Team

Amy Yang
Executive Assistant to Senior Advisor to the Provost & VP Academic

Brian Kwok
Director of Finance

Caroll Lai
Senior Advisor, Academic Affairs

Courtney Brown
Administrative Coordinator

Dana Andrews
Associate Director of Accreditation

Emily Pedlar
Administrative Coordinator

Enissa Alhashimi
Executive Assistant to Associate Dean, Academic

Jade Tran
Executive Assistant

Joban Machhiana
Administrative Coordinator

Margaret English
Senior Director, Health Partnerships

Martine Janicki
Senior Director, Technical Operations & Facilities

Maya Piddocke
Director, Technical Operations

Nusaibah Husain
Administrative Coordinator

Priyadarshini Balaraman
Building & Facilities Officer

Rachel Sze
Executive Assistant to Executive Director, Operations

Reetu Sidhu
Coordinator, Finance & Research Administration

Ruby Sidhu
Executive Assistant to Dean

Stephanie Jackson
Administrative Coordinator

Steve Birnie
Director of Curriculum

Tracy Yiu
Special Projects Manager

Yan Huang
Manager, Operations & Administrative Services

The SFU School of Medicine team graciously acknowledges and thanks Dr. Roger Strasser, interim dean, Dr. Sarah Strasser, interim vice-dean, and Dr. Jon Meddings, former Dean of the University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine, for their expertise, consultation and leadership for initial planning, accreditation and curriculum planning work on the business case proposal.

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